The accused was charged with robbery, assault with a weapon, aggravated assault, and possession of a weapon for a purpose dangerous to the public peace following an attack on the victim in a parking lot.
The Crown's case relied entirely on the victim's eyewitness identification of the accused in a photo lineup six weeks after the incident.
The court found that the circumstances of the attack were not conducive to accurate identification and that the photo lineup was flawed because the accused's photo stood out.
Given the lack of corroborating evidence, the court found the identification unreliable and acquitted the accused on all charges.
